Cisco Unified Communication Tools

Cisco Unified Backup and Restore Application Suite (COBRAS)

For COBRAS on legacy versions of Unity for Windows, please go here.

 

COBRAS Export for Connection 7.x and later

Version   8.0.89
Last Update   12/28/2021
Statistics   14 meg self installing EXE (will check for .NET 4.0 files) - can be installed on any Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows Server 2000/2003/2008 that has network connectivity to the target Connection server.
Compatibility   Connection 7.x, 8.x, 9.x, 10.x, 11.x, 12.x, 14, 15

NOTE: For message extraction to work 7.0(2) or later is required.  Backups of 7.0(1) are directory data only.
Requires .NET 4.5 and the Informix ODBC Drivers to be installed
OS Support Win 7, Win 8, Win10, 2008R2, 2012R2, 2016, 2019
May require administative rights on Windows client
Support    TAC supported. NOTE: use of tools on unsupported versions of Connection is not TAC supported.
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COBRAS Import for Connection 7.x and later

Version   8.0.109
Last Update   09/20/2021
Statistics   20 meg self installing EXE (will check for .NET 4.0 files) - can be installed on any Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 Windows Server 2000/2003/2008/2012 that has network connectivity to the target Connection server.  No reboot required.
Compatibility   Connection 7.x, 8.x, 9.x, 10.x, 11.x, 12.x, 14, 15

Requires .NET 4.5 and the Informix ODBC Drivers to be installed
OS Support Win 7, Win 8, Win10, 2008R2, 2012R2, 2016, 2019
May require administative rights on Windows client
Support   TAC supported. NOTE: use of tools on unsupported versions of Connection is not TAC supported.
Current Version Download Now

 

COBRAS Backup Editor

Version   1.0.9
Last Update   1/4/2016
Statistics   9 meg self installing EXE.  Can be installed on any Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 Windows Server 2000/2003/2008.  No reboot required.
Compatibility   Works against all backups of all versions of COBRAS - can be used for editing alias/extension data in the backup prior to import as well as extracting non secure messages from message backup databases.  This replaces the older MDB Viewer utility, which can be downloaded here if needed
OS Support Win 7, Win 8, Win 10, 2008R2, 2012R2
May require administative rights on Windows client
Support   TAC supported. NOTE: use of tools on unsupported versions of Connection is not TAC supported.
Current Version  Download Now

Help and Training Videos

For a quick overview of all the Unity Connection backup, restore and migration options, check out the Connection Migration Strategies document

COBRAS Help (all versions)

COBRAS Backup Editor Help

(all self playing EXEs - be sure to have passive FTP configured):

Video 1, COBRAS Overview - 23 meg, 22 minutes

Video 2, COBRAS Briefcase mode export for Unity - 17 meg, 32 minutes.

Video 3, COBRAS Briefcase mode Import for Unity. 25 meg, 45 minutes.

Video 4, COBRAS Briefcase mode Import for Connection, 71 meg, 52 minutes.

Video 5, COBRAS Hot Mode for Connection to Connection moves - 72 meg, 48 minutes.

Video 6, COBRAS Hot Mode for Unity to Connection moves - 48 meg, 58 minutes. (not supported any longer)

Video 7,  COBRAS MDB Viewer - 65 meg, 18 minutes